Aggressive community housing tenant evicted over threats to others
Monday, 23 February 2026
A tenant of a Wellington apartment block has had his tenancy terminated after he threatened several other residents leaving them fearing for their safety.
Campbell Hunia was living at the Berkeley Dallard Flats in Mt Cook in December last year.
Hunia began to verbally abuse another tenant in the elevator and threatened him saying he would “put me in a place I would never come back from, c…”.
The tenant, who gave evidence at the Tenancy Tribunal hearing, said he asked what he had done but Hunia just told him, “I will kill you f…… c…”.
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Afraid, he left the lift and Hunia then turned to abuse a female tenant who blew an alarm whistle and called the police.
The next day Hunia abused the man again while he was in the apartment's courtyard with others.
Tribunal adjudicator Geoffrey Baker said the victim explained he knew who Hunia was by name but had no knowledge of him or previous interactions.
“These incidents have had a serious impact on (tenant) and his mental health causing him to have trouble sleeping. He fears for his safety to such an extent that he is not living at the complex at present.”
He said the other tenant was also fearful of Hunia as he had grabbed her in the past and was clearly angry.
The landlord, Te Toi Mahana, which supplies community housing in Wellington, had confirmed Hunia was spoken to and told an application would be made to the Tenancy Tribunal to end his tenancy.
It had also received other complaints about Hunia.
These involved making threats or threatening behaviour toward other tenants and an aggressive verbal altercation with a fireman which ended with Hunia pushing the fireman out of his apartment on February 15, 2025.
A previous 90-day termination notice was issued to the tenant on March 11, 2025 in the hope that the tenant would change his behaviour.
Baker said the landlord notified the tenant that it had decided not to enforce this termination by letter on June 16, 2025.
That letter stated: “Your tenancy will remain under close monitoring, and full compliance with the terms and obligations of your tenancy agreement is expected at all times. We strongly encourage you to continue on this positive path and take this opportunity to maintain stable housing.”
Hunia had denied abusing the other tenants but gave conflicting reports over one incident and admitted abusing the female tenant over comments she made that he took offence to.
Baker said the tribunal accepted Hunia behaved in a manner which both tenants considered threatening.
“However, no witness gave evidence that the tenant threatened to assault them during those incidents. There is a significant difference between feeling threatened and being verbally threatened with assault.”
He said while the tenant clenched his fists while swearing at them, it was not satisfied that the tenant assaulted or threatened to assault them during these incidents.
Baker said at the hearing Hunia concentrated on allegations that he was drunk but his drunkenness or sobriety at the time did not excuse his behaviour.
“It is the fact of the threat and the intimidating, aggressive behaviour that is important in the Tribunal determining that the tenant’s tenancy must be terminated.”
He said the landlord’s log of incidents involving Hunia recorded a history of aggressive and intimidating behaviour to other tenants and staff, threats to other tenants, abusive language and a minor assault on the fireman.